The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Black, more than anyone else, should have been the one to wind up The House with a Clock in Its Walls. Too bad he doesn't…
Henry Silva
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (2000)
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Ray Vargo
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Above the Law (1988)
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Zagon
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Code of Silence (1985)
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Luis Comacho
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Lust In the Dust (1985)
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Bernardo
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The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
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Chunjin
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Skyfall: Hey kids, let's put on a show!
"Skyfall" is a theatrical film in the same way that its director, Sam Mendes, is a theatrical filmmaker. That is, its approach to organizing space for an audience (the camera lens) is noticeably stagey. I mean that in a "value-neutral" way. I just mean the frame is frequently used as a proscenium and the images are action-tableaux deployed for a crowd -- whether it's the designated audience surrogates in the movie (bystanders or designated dramatis personae), or the viewers in the seats with the cup-holders. That's not to say it's uncinematic (it's photographed by the great Roger Deakins!), but many of the set-pieces in "Skyfall" are conceived and presented as staged performance pieces.
